Funny you should mention the old man and the sea, I have tried reading it again as I did not like it the first time. However, I just could not do it again. I have always thought it a highly over rated book. Isn't it interesting what attracts us to certain books and repels us in others. Perhaps I will have one more go at it.
   I do love Faulkner and I think he is the best of all American writers.